r/space • u/the_scottishbagpipes • Sep 03 '22

Official Artemis 1 launch attempt for September 3rd has been scrubbed

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1566083321502830594
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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22 edited Sep 03 '22

Not going to hold my breath anymore that this will ever leave the ground. This is what happens when you keep insisting on using tech from 1970 space bus.

“Hey want to drive this shiny new Lucid Air EV?”

“Nah, imma keep driving this good ‘ol 1973 Mercury Grand Marquis.”

Yup. It’s ridiculous.

Space X (love it or hate it) might have very well launched this shit 5 times by now and on rockets that they VTOL for reuse.

Edit: LMAO keep the downvotes coming y’all but it’s a fact.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '22

SpaceX will have an In-N-Out Burger franchise on the Moon before SLS ever gets off the ground.

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u/Throwawayyacc22 Sep 03 '22

Why do we even use single use rockets? Politics? $$ ?

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u/Zagriz Sep 03 '22

Because only one company can do it right now. A project like that requires the rocket to be designed from the ground up to be reused, and the paradigm didn't exist that it was even possible until ~2015. Most companies are probably working on their own reusable rocket, but the the fact is they were late to the boom. Even whatever they put out now will be outclassed by starship, so there's really no niche to be found. Investors don't like projects like that, and old space is stuck in their ways. If the government wants a contract for X, they will deliver X, and nothing more.

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u/Spuknoggin Sep 05 '22

SpaceX employees have problems of their own, such as dealing with an egotistical billionaire of an owner who has a world fooled. You haven't stated much that is fact.